Andrew Mitchell
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The Right Honourable Andrew Mitchell MP |
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Chief Whip of the House of Commons Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 19 October 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Patrick McLoughlin |
| Succeeded by | George Young |
| Secretary of State for International Development | |
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In office 12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Succeeded by | Justine Greening |
| Shadow Secretary of State for International Development | |
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In office 7 May 2005 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Leader |
Michael Howard David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Alan Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
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Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Norman Fowler |
| Majority | 17,005 (33.6%) |
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Member of Parliament for Gedling |
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In office 11 June 1987 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Philip Holland |
| Succeeded by | Vernon Coaker |
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Andrew John Bower Mitchell 23 March 1956 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Bennett |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Website | Constituency website |
Andrew John Bower Mitchell (born 23 March 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton Coldfield since 2001. He was the MP for Gedling from 1987 to 1997. He served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development from 2010 to 2012, and then briefly as Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons until he resigned after losing the confidence of many of his colleagues following an alleged altercation with a police officer.
Mitchell was elected President of the Cambridge Union in 1978. Before university, he served for several months as a United Nations military peacekeeper in Cyprus. He has extensive pre-government experience of the developing world, and is the founder of Project Umubano, a Conservative Party social action project in Rwanda and Sierra Leone in central and west Africa, launched in 2007.
Mitchell was returned as MP for Sutton Coldfield at the 2015 general election, with his majority increased by 0.6%.
Mitchell was born at Hampstead in north London, the son of Sir David Mitchell, a former Conservative MP and Government Minister. He was educated at Rugby School, where the self-confessed "stern disciplinarian" earned the nickname "Thrasher".
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